News from Down Under via the Herald Sun’s Andrew Bolt Blog (hat-tip: Gramfan):
6 CommentsJohn Howard last night condemned two entries in the nation’s top religious art competition, labelling them “gratuitously offensive” to Christians.
A statue of the Virgin Mary shrouded by a Muslim burqa and a holographic image of terrorist Osama bin Laden that morphs into Jesus Christ submitted for the Blake Prize have drawn a furious response from politicians and church leaders.
I’ve come to fully expect talk on television about the ‘War on Terror’ to end up being less than honest, less than exact, less than educated and less than inspiring. So, I wasn’t holding out much hope for Ted Koppel’s report on the Discovery Channel called ‘Our Children’s Children’s War’. It’s a good thing I’m always prepared to be non-plussed, because the show did almost exactly what I anticipated — it put out a warning but draped it in ambiguities and nebulous talk. Luckily for you, I already knew I was going to write this reaction piece.
It’s funny how things happen, but today I went by the library and spotted a foreign film I’ve been curious about — Osama — and it was amazing. I can see why it won Best Foreign Film from the Golden Globes, among other awards.
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